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Animal Collective Kicks It For Conservation!

To all my girls: Though the season for summertime clothes may be over, don't panic--you can still keep time to the Banshee Beat in kicks designed by Animal Collective! That's right, the paw-tracks entrepreneurs...

To all my girls: Though the season for summertime clothes may be over, don’t panic--you can still keep time to the Banshee Beat in kicks designed by Animal Collective! That’s right, the paw-tracks entrepreneurs... To all my girls: Though the season for summertime clothes may be over, don’t panic--you can still keep time to the Banshee Beat in kicks designed by Animal Collective! That’s right, the paw-tracks entrepreneurs have teamed up with Keep Company to design four limited-edition pairs of sneakers, the first of which was revealed today. The Keep + Animal Collective collaboration will benefit the Socorro Island Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps to preserve the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja, California, which is an ecosystem under constant threat from illegal fishing that is particularly damaging to the indigenous shark population. The guys of Animal Collective find this cause especially close to their hearts, as they enjoy scuba diving in this area and want to contribute to its protection.

Over the next four weeks, each member of the group will design their own kicks, the first of which is the "Avey Tare Ghost Tobin." These slip-on sneakers are made of natural canvas and feature illustrations of three colorful ghosts that wrap around the sides and top, hand-drawn by Avey himself. Pre-sale for the $75 shoes, which will be shipped in March and will also--bonus!--include a cassette of unreleased music by the guys, is available now on the Keep website. Come spring, you’ll be the bee’sknees in every guy’s eyes.